A 500-g piece of copper (specific gravity 9.0) is suspended from a spring scale and is submerged in water (Figure). What force does the spring scale read?

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Solution: 
Weight(W) of body is try to submerge in water while the buoyance force(B) opposes it. Thus,the 
differece between the two will gives the scale reading,which is the apparent weight. 
Thus, 
W’=W-B 
Where,

A 500-g piece of copper (specific gravity 9.0) is suspended from a spring scale and is submerged in water (Figure). What force does the spring scale read?

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